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CGAT 08 The Annual International Conference & Symposium on Computer Games & Allied Technology
Conference Update:
The evidently expanding Global & Asian Gaming industry defines the need for the Computer Games & Allied Technology 08 conference at Singapore. The conference provides a platform for the international gaming community experts to discuss and deliberate with their Eastern counterparts on the state-of-the-art, new research results, perspectives of future developments, and innovative applications relevant to games development and related areas. The conference shall strive to shed light on the inherent sociological and design differences between the East and the West while exploring the challenges faced by the Asian Gaming industry. The conference also provides an opportunity to the international and regional Gaming studios, Game production companies and Allied technology and service providers to showcase their technology, products and services at the concurrent industry symposium.
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Let’s have a Conversation – Conversational Marketing – itsReal
Spending on social media and “conversational marketing” – albeit still in their nascent stage – will surpass traditional marketing spend by the end of 2012, according to a study conducted by TWI Surveys, Inc., the New Communications Review writes.
The survey of 260 senior PR and marcomms professionals was conducted on behalf of the Society of New Communications Research (SNCR) and Joseph Jaffe for his book Join the Conversation.
Although social-media adoption has just begun – 70% of respondents are spending 2.5% or less of their communications budgets on conversational marketing – those surveyed foresee significant adoption and spending within five years: Some 81% of survey respondents said they will spend at least as much on conversational marketing as traditional marketing by 2012.
Among other findings of the study:
- Two-thirds of respondents plan to increase their spending on coversational marketing in the next 12 months.
- 57% say they think that in five years they will be spending more on conversational marketing than traditional marketing
- Nearly 24% say they think conversational marketing spend will equal traditional marketing spend in five years
More at Marketing Charts
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XING Releases Research on Communication & Networking
The research unsurprisingly is endorsing XING… there were 7,418 randon XING participants..it’s european based with China input… Nothing from outr part of the world or Australia…hmmm so i guess they need more time to extend their global reach…
XING Research….
We have just published our third international survey “Communication and Networking on the Internet”, and this year’s survey has a lot of interesting results. For example:
Did you know that standard communication technologies such as landline phones and Microsoft Outlook are becoming less important for XING members, while Internet-based networking is more and more popular around the globe? Or that 62% of XING members work in middle and upper management?
See more here and download the pdf… openBLOG
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Relationship Rules for Salespeople
Improve your relationships with both customers and family members, maintain a balance by sticking to one set of standards – see Raffles BNI Singapore Wiki
XING & ZoomInfo Partnership – Millions of Contacts on offer to Members
OPEN Business Club AG (ISIN: DE000XNG8888), operator of the international networking platform XING (www.xing.com), today announced a comprehensive partnership with Zoom Information Inc. (www.ZoomInfo.com), a business information search engine that indexes the Business Web to quickly find information about industries, companies and people. The partnership will provide XING’s 2 million-plus members with immediate access to profiles on nearly 36 million business people and 3.8 million companies directly on the XING platform. Under the terms of the partnership, all XING members will have access to ZoomInfo profiles and XING premium members will have the ability to contact over 18 million professionals directly and securely. XING members will also be able to manage their own online ‘brand reputation’ by monitoring their own web references to ensure accuracy and consistency. ZoomInfo’s 4.5 million unique monthly visitors will also be able to join XING’s business network directly with a simple two-click process. Importantly, in line with XING’s strict member confidentiality policy, all contact information of XING users will continue to be protected within XING.
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Get in the mood to Connect…come to Chill in HEAT next Friday 27th…itsFree
You MUST register at IconnectE and RSVP on the link to Attend..
APLINK will be there!
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the ideal social network – sad no more nights in a bar… itsClickable
Thomas Crampton, International Herald Tribune, about the social network as digital friend – from a European point of view.
“The ideal social network should work as a computer-enhanced friend that suggests people you ought to know,” said Lars Hinrichs, the founder of the Xing social network, based in Hamburg. “Networks are filled with people who would be connected to one another if they knew their own common interests.
We are moving towards a project economy where people operate as free agents and have less reliance on companies,” Hinrichs said. “In this environment, networks will become the tool for linking people.
In such an environment, the value of social networks rises over time, Hinrichs added, since their members would be vital for involvement in future projects.
The need to control your Google profile and digital identity will only grow over time,” Hinrichs said. “The value of networks will also increase.”
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Second Life: A Place to Make Lives – itsReal
Imagine…….. being suddenly able to walk, to communicate, to work and to socialize, not only locally but globally. That is how life has become for a new friend of mine through the Reality of Second Life.
Below is Niels first English article, the full entry can be found at the link below
There is more than just the ability to walk
Written by Niels Schuddeboom
Monday, 02 April 2007
Technology has changed my life and it still does. Without my computer, I wouldn’t have been able to write or work. The machine gives me the ability to communicate and let my creative juices flow. It is making it possible to function on the same level as others and to get equally rewarded for it.
Since mid-2006 I’m walking around in the virtual world of Second Life. Literally being able to walk is a very strange experience for someone using a wheelchair in real life for more than 20 years now. Though I won’t let SL jeopardize my real-life social life, I really have to say it is beneficial to walk. In real life, many people tend to think that I’m mentally retarded, in second life I can’t be judged by my wheels, as long as I don’t use a wheelchair. As soon as I do, mechanisms of social interaction work exactly the same.
Before I will explain what I find most interesting about Second Life, I would like to take the opportunity to react to some of the criticism of the past months, which is in my opinion mainly based on ignorance. Many people say Second Life is a dull and slow experience, with bad graphics and such. They call it an unhealthy hype. Well, in some ways, they are right. But every hype comes with unhealthy side effects and we all tend to forget that the system is in its infancy just like the Internet of today once was. There once was a time without images and video-sharing services, and there once was a time that we all called people using the Web ‘nerds without social habits’. M
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